When I get up and work out, I'm working out just as much for my girls as I am for me, because I want them to see a mother who loves them dearly, who invests in them, but who also invests in herself. It's just as much about letting them know as young women that it is okay to put yourself a little higher on your priority list.

in 2009 including Shiloh Baptist Church and St. In 1991 Michelle Obama held public sector positions in the Chicago city government as an Assistant to the Mayor and as Assistant Commissioner of Planning and Development. Senate the Obama family continued to live on Chicago's South Side choosing to remain there rather than moving to Washington D.

She is the wife of the 44th and current President of the United States Barack Obama and the first African-American First Lady of the United States. As the wife of a Senator and later the First Lady Michelle Obama has become a fashion icon and role model for women and an advocate for poverty awareness nutrition and healthy eating. Subsequently Michelle Obama worked as part of the staff of Chicago mayor Richard M.